{"id":1033,"date":"2022-12-22T21:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2022-12-22T21:55:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T21:55:00","slug":"two-brothers-sentenced-to-death-by-hanging-after-taking-the-life-of-a-radio-station-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghnewsbay.com\/?p=1033","title":{"rendered":"Two Brothers Sentenced To Death By Hanging After Taking The Life Of A Radio Station Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhHIcZnooaNAXgMaxLTcyMCY0ZUVqai3fFaahRxuXTMahtIm91sH6QRn_qhZijjpo602Pa4i2KgEOSAFmvmxeB-huPHV_kDIQ8y9e_s0gd0Xs4MxWBTP5RPaZbtNNZIPcGpaiFPjiLm3i_Jdjv9hCljjovHr0YZddpsZX1JBaVAVPuJja66_G2ku3de\/s630\/Arrested_compressed.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"350\" data-original-width=\"630\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhHIcZnooaNAXgMaxLTcyMCY0ZUVqai3fFaahRxuXTMahtIm91sH6QRn_qhZijjpo602Pa4i2KgEOSAFmvmxeB-huPHV_kDIQ8y9e_s0gd0Xs4MxWBTP5RPaZbtNNZIPcGpaiFPjiLm3i_Jdjv9hCljjovHr0YZddpsZX1JBaVAVPuJja66_G2ku3de\/s320\/Arrested_compressed.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">Two siblings have been sentenced to death by hanging after a court found them guilty of the heartless killing of a radio station staff.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The convicts, Nigerians, identified as Godwin and Wisdom Udoh were prosecuted over the death of Oluchi Okorie, a staff of Radio Nigeria, Unity FM, Abakaliki, the capital city of Ebonyi State.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">According to pulse.ng, Justice Okogbule Gbasam of Degema High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State handed down the heftiest sentence to the siblings after convicting them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">\u201cJustice Gbasam based his judgment on the confessional statements made by the defendants to the Police.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">\u201cIn his ruling, the Judge said from the evidence presented to the court, it was clear to him that the defendants were the last persons with the deceased before her death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The two defendants who are indigenes of Akwa Ibom State were said to have picked late Okorie along East-West road on April 10, 2015, on her way from Abakiliki in Ebonyi state, to visit her sister in Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">\u201cHowever, while the vehicle was in motion along East-West Road on Axis of Tai local government area of Rivers State, the first defendant, Godwin reportedly pushed late Okorie out, leading to her death,\u201d&nbsp;the news outlet reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">The court\u2019s judgement pleased the Principal State Counsel, Deinma Tamuno-Opubo of the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Rivers State Ministry of Justice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">She said that the ruling would serve as a deterrent to other evil-minded people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: &quot;PT Serif&quot;; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px auto 26px; overflow-wrap: break-word;\">Source: <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghbase.com\/\">www.ghbase.com<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two siblings have been sentenced to death by hanging after a court found them guilty of the heartless killing of a radio station staff. 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